Notre Dame students walk out on Mike Pence during commencement speech A group of graduating seniors from the University of Notre Dame turned their backs on their own graduation ceremony in protest of Vice President Mike Pence, who gave their commencement address there on Sunday. The protests, which were organized […]
Suspect in Champs Elysees shooting under formal investigation A man believed to have been an accomplice of the shooter who killed a policeman on Paris' Champs Elysees in April was placed under a formal investigation and remanded in custody, a judicial source said on Saturday. His DNA was found on […]
New Russia probe leaks threaten to derail Trump's foreign trip U.S. President Donald Trump was hit on Friday by embarrassing leaks that a senior adviser was a "person of interest" in a probe of possible collusion with Russia during last year's election campaign and that Trump had boasted to Russian […]
Royal sister-in-law Pippa takes spotlight in star-studded British wedding May 20 Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, was married in a small English country church on Saturday surrounded by royals and celebrities but those hoping for a dash of Hollywood were left in the cold. The […]
Trump's trade rep brings America First policy to Asia-Pacific summit U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade representative held his first face-to-face meetings with some key partners on Saturday as the United States charts an "America First" policy that has upended the old global order and sparked fears of protectionism. Robert Lighthizer […]
After Rouhani re-election, expect hardliners to 'settle scores' Iranians yearning for detente abroad and greater freedoms at home have handed President Hassan Rouhani a second term, but the hardline forces he defeated in elections on Friday will remain defiantly opposed to his plans. Rouhani built his resounding win in Friday's […]
Iranians demanding change deliver emphatic victory for Rouhani Iranians yearning for more freedom at home and less isolation abroad have emphatically re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, throwing down a challenge to the conservative clergy that still holds ultimate sway. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmanifazli announced Rouhani's victory on Saturday on state television. […]
Under fire at home, Trump in Saudi on first foreign trip Dogged by controversy at home, Donald Trump opened his first presidential foreign trip in Saudi Arabia on Saturday and won a warm reception as he looked to shift attention from a political firestorm over his firing of former FBI […]
Vargas hits tying HR in 9th, Twins beat Royals 4-3 in 10 Kennys Vargas reached the end of the bench, where he was met by fellow Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario. The two hugged and then started dancing in a circle while embracing. Vargas started a late-inning celebration for the Minnesota […]
Boston Red Sox's Chris Sale ties record with 8th consecutive 10 K game Boston starter Chris Sale tied his own record by striking out at least 10 batters in an eighth straight game. Sale reached the double-digit mark when he fanned Oakland's Josh Phegley to end the seventh inning Friday […]
